Strange Charm. Two years later, Sharpe & Numan returned with the single "No More Lies", and in early 1989 the duo released a full album together, Automatic. A second single, "I'm on Automatic", was a modest UK Top 40 hit. "Change Your Mind" was also included on that album. Later career In 1999, he recorded his second solo album, State of the Heart in Los Angeles, co-produced by Don Grusin. This featured many artists, including Jeffrey Osborne and Gerald Albright. He continued to work with Don Grusin on a joint project called Geography, released in 2007. Sharpe's second collaboration with Grusin, Trans Atlantica, was released on 3 September 2012 through the London label, Secret Records, and included their first album Geography as a special 2-CD package. In recent years, he has worked with Jah Wobble on the album Kingdom of Fitzrovia; Roberto Tola on the album Bein' Green and "Fast" Eddie Clarke on his album, Make My Day. Sharpe continues to tour and record with Shakatak. Discography Solo State of the Heart (1999) Close to My Heart: Shakatak Hits on Solo Piano (2006) Trans Atlántica (2012, with Don Grusin) Kingdom of Fitzrovia (2013, with Jah Wobble) Famous People Live (recorded 2016, released 2018) Sharpe & Numan "Change Your Mind" (1985, single, UK #17) "New Thing from London Town" - (1986, single, UK #52) "No More Lies" - ((1988, single, UK #34) "I'm on Automatic" - (1989, single, UK #44) Automatic (1989, UK #59) As featured artist Make My Day: Back to Blues - "Fast" Eddie Clarke (2014) Bein' Green - Roberto Tola (2017) References External links People educated at Bishop's Stortford College Living people English pop musicians English keyboardists English record producers Musicians from Hertfordshire People from Bishop's Stortford Alumni of the University of Birmingham 1952 births Shakatak members